Chapter 1621: Twitching Corpse! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
With a wave of his sleeve, Eunuch Yin departed. Behind him, Wang Chong's face had turned into a sheet of ice.
”Many thanks, Sir Eunuch. This king understands. In addition, please tell the First Prince that if he walks too much at night, he is bound to run into ghosts, and if his hands and feet are dirty, they are bound to be exposed. The First Prince should think very carefully about how he plans to explain the matter of Jade Consort Xiao to the Sage Emperor,” Wang Chong coldly shot back.
Eunuch Yin had been rapidly walking away when he came to a sudden stop, seemingly nailed to the ground.
”This old slave understands. Many thanks, Your Highness.”
With these parting words, Eunuch Yin once more prepared to leave, but after walking just a few steps—
”Ah!”
There was a terrified shriek and sounds of turmoil, both coming from behind Wang Chong. Wang Chong, Eunuch Yin, and Yang Zhao all turned to look.
It's Shuhua Palace!
Turning his head to the source of the sound, Wang Chong immediately realized where it was coming from. The pair had just left Shuhua Palace, so he couldn't be wrong.
Swish!
With no time to think, Wang Chong used his movement technique and rushed toward the location of the sound.
Behind him, Eunuch Yin had become uncertain.
A few moments after Wang Chong left, Eunuch Yin blinked out of existence like he had just been a wisp of smoke.
”What's going on here? This is Jade Consort Xiao's mourning period! Who would dare make trouble at a time like this?”
Yang Zhao was also alarmed. His martial arts were not as profound, but he still ran after the two toward Shuhua Palace.
In a gentle breeze, Wang Chong appeared at Shuhua Palace. He sensed a sinister and cold energy right behind him, which he instantly knew to be Eunuch Yin following him.
His eyes swiftly turned to the palace.
The Shuhua Palace that had been so neat and orderly was now in disarray.
”Ghost!”
”Twi-twitching corpse!”
”Run! Flee!”
Within Shuhua Palace, the white-clothed maids and eunuchs were falling over themselves in their haste to flee.
One maid was so frightened that she had collapsed to the floor, and her face was so white that it seemed like she had seen a ghost.
Wang Chong followed her gaze and saw the coffin at the center of the hall.
As Wang Chong was trying to figure out what was going on, he heard a loud thumping from within the coffin and a cry for help.
”Save… save me! Let me out…”
This weak voice instantly made Wang Chong pale, and he rushed to the coffin's side.
”King of Foreign Lands! What are you thinking?!” A cold bark came from behind him as Eunuch Yin entered the hall.
”Bastard! Can't you hear it?” Wang Chong angrily retorted.
Those of different paths had no need to conspire, and while he might have feared the First Prince himself, he had no need to be courteous to this chief eunuch that he completely outranked.
Moreover, this was Jade Consort Xiao's palace. The First Prince had killed Jade Consort Xiao, and his men were now lording over her palace like they owned the place. Wang Chong had no reason to be polite.
Eunuch Yin ignored Wang Chong. He reached out with a claw-like hand, and a panicked eunuch a few feet away was instantly pulled into his grip.
”Tell me what's going on!” Eunuch Yin coldly ordered.
Eunuch Yin's glare almost caused the soul of this eunuch to leave his body, his face turning ghastly pale.
”I-I don't know! I was just mourning Her Highness when a voice came from inside. It sounded… it sounded like Jade Consort Xiao!”
The man's eyes were brimming with fear.
”Absurd! Jade Consort Xiao is dead, so how could you hear her voice!?”
Eunuch Yin's face turned dark. The people of the Eastern Palace were sure that Jade Consort Xiao was dead. These tricks from the coffin could only fool these ordinary folk.
He turned to the coffin in the center of the hall.
”This one would like to see what sort of person would dare to play tricks with Jade Consort Xiao's coffin!”
Before anyone could react, Eunuch Yin shook his wrist, sending out a frigid stream of Stellar Energy that knocked aside the lid of the coffin.
The lid soon thudded to the side.
”Ah!”
Even more cries of alarm and screams of panic resounded.
The maids and eunuchs staggered backward, and even the eunuch in Eunuch Yin's grip struggled to flee.